Reflects upon the author's childhood in Cairo, Egypt to shed some light on the history of Egypt's Jewish community. Indigenous Jewish community in Egypt; Immigration of Sephardic and Ashkenazi Jews; Persecution of Egyptian Jews after World War II; Author's recollections of return to Cairo in 1979.

Focuses on the Egyptians as pioneers in many aspects of maritime exploration. Start of their mastery of the seas as early as 2000 B.C.; Exploration of the areas beyond the Red Sea; `Tales of the Shipwrecked Sailor,' preserved on papyrus, as a fairy tale about a brave skipper who ventures into...

Astronomy is the study of the night sky, including the planets, moons, stars and galaxies. The ancient Egyptians used their knowledge of astronomy to create their calendar and to align the pyramids. Astronomers have special equipment to study all the different forms of radiation that space...